Information Of Programmes

AVANOS VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS / ORT 216 - ORGANIC FARMING

Code: ORT 216

Course Title: MEDICAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS

Theoretical+Practice: 2+0

ECTS: 3

Year/Semester of Study

2 / Spring Semester

Level of Course

Short Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Optional

Department

ORGANIC FARMING

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

DURMUŞ OK (durmusok@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

The main goal of this course is to teach the medicinal and aromatic plants and their agricultural and industrial proceedings

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Learns basic concepts on oilseeds crops and vegetable oils, knows fat and fatty acids analysis	PO-	Examination Oral Examination
LO-2	Learns biosynthesis and biochemsitry of fats and fatty acids, comprehends relation between human healt and vegetable oils, and also importance of vegetable oils in public health	PO-	Examination Oral Examination
LO-3	Learns vegetable oil pression, extraction and rafining, knows how the vegetable oils evaluate industrially	PO-	Examination Oral Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Botanical classification of medicinal and aromatic plants, the importance of secondry metabolites (alkaloids, terpenoids, phenolics), distillation and extraction methods, herbal drugs and uses in the traditional medicine, aromatherapy and phytotherapy, essential oils and parfumery, spices and spice plants, dye plants and dyeing, cultural managements and breeding methods of medicinal and aromatic plants
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Classification and basic concepts in medicinal and aromatic plants	Expression, Q&A
2	Medicinal and aromatic plants and their uses in the herbal medicine	Expression, Q&A
3	Sekonder metabolitler: Alkaloids, terpenoids and phenolics	Expression, Q&A
4	Aromathreapy and phytothreapy	Expression, Q&A
5	Spices and spice plants	Expression, Q&A
6	Dye plants and dyeing	Expression, Q&A
7	Distillation and extraction methods	Expression, Q&A
8	mid-term exam
9	Vegetative and generative propagation of medicinal and aromatic plants	Expression, Q&A
10	Basic agricultural prenciples of the medicinal and aromatic plants	Expression, Q&A
11	Medicinal plants: opium, valerian, St. John?s wort, echinacea, etc	Expression, Q&A
12	Aromatic plants: oil rose, lavander, jasmin, basil, mint, etc	Expression, Q&A
13	Falvour plants: tobacco, aniseed, hemp, hops, tea, etc	Expression, Q&A
14	Spice plants: cumin, coriander, thyme, balm, papper, etc.	Expression, Q&A
15	Dye plants: madder, indigo, chamomille, sumac, buckhorn, etc	Expression, Q&A
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	1-Baydar, H. ?Tıbbi ve Aromatik Bitkiler Bilimi ve Teknolojisi?, SDÜ Yayınları Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Kitabı Yayın No: 51, Isparta, 2007.
2	1-Ceylan, H., ?Tıbbi Bitkiler (I, II ve III)?, Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları, İzmir, 1983.
Required Course instruments and materials
Textbooks, computer, Assistant textbooks

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment	Week	Hours	Weight(%)
mid-term exam	8	1	40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam	16	1	60

Student Work Load
Type of Work	Weekly Hours	Number of Weeks	Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice)	2	14	28
Outside Class
a) Reading	2	14	28
b) Search in internet/Library			0
c) Performance Project			0
d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report			0
e) Term paper/Project			0
Oral Examination			0
Quiz			0
Laboratory exam			0
Own study for mid-term exam	2	5	10
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	2	11	22
final exam	1	1	1
			0
			0
Total work load;			90